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Originally Posted by porn-update
Thanks for the answers, if I had to buy the certificate, I would not do, but in my cpanel on hawkhost there is this:
Let's Encrypt? SSL
Let's Encrypt? is an effort to provide free domain-validated certificates in an automated fashion. This page provides a facility to issue certificates via the Let's Encrypt? service. Certificates issued here will be renewed automatically.
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If it's free, maybe it's worth ... but I also think not bring great benefits
Maybe just to try one ...
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My advise is to stay away from Let's Encrypt for a little while. There's still a lot of browsers not supporting their SSL. It has to do something with their root certificates, which are not supported on some older operating systems (especially on phones). It's much better to purchase some commercial SSL, since they are quiet cheap (~$10). Pay attention that you probably need to buy a separate SSL for each subdomain (except www), including CDN subdomains, or you have to buy some more expensive certificate which supports wildcard domains (~$100).
However, SSL is something that you probably do not need, unless you are dealing with important or private user data (such as billing or personal information/documents) since it slows down the connection and increases CPU load. Maybe CPUs with hardware AES could speed it up a bit, but you you need a CPU which supports it.
Whatever SEO gurus claim, it will not help your SEO.